Are you ready to join a growing, global drug development and manufacturing organization that puts people first? Come to Adare! We work closely with our pharmaceutical industry partners during all phases of drug development and commercial manufacturing with a mission of improving the lives of patients and medicines essential to people all over the world. Each role and every department within Adare offer you a unique, customized experience with a chance to make a real impact and is critical to our success. With the help of people like you dedicated to our mission, Adare is transforming lives by transforming drug delivery!

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What can Adare offer you?

• Medical/dental/vision/life - low employee premiums
• 401k with a highly competitive match
• Generous PTO, including floating holidays
• Career growth and internal opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Relocation assistance
• Performance-based bonus
• Employee Recognition Programs

We are seeking to hire a Senior Chemist to join our Quality Control team...

If any of the below describes you, we would love to meet you!

JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Chemist will be responsible for performing laboratory analysis of intermediate and finished products for the quality department and any production requests.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• Perform hands on training for new analysts.
• Revise and update training modules as needed.
• Perform duties as a subject matter expert for the department.
• Coordinate scheduling of training activities with new analysts.
• Maintain training records and documentation in Veeva.
• Work cross functionally with other department training admins to ensure site training compliance.
• Support new hires and cross-train team members as needed in laboratory duties.
• Troubleshoot training errors/failures and mentor growth in new analysts.
• Follow good manufacturing practices (GMP) and use good documentation practices (GDP).
• Ensure documentation is accurate and up to date and communicate revisions as needed.
• Maintains confidentiality, will provide feedback to department manager on employee performance.
• Excellent communication skills to work across all departments in the facility.
• Ability to troubleshoot equipment used in the quality department.
• Excellent in technical skill related to analytical testing.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor's degree in a natural science; 5 years' experience working in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of HPLC, GC, IC, Karl Fischer, IR, UV, Dissolution, Microscope, Sampling thieves, and Production gowning.
• Working knowledge of current good manufacturing practices (cGMP's).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Basic knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry coupled with good oral communication skills.
• Good documentation practices (GDP). Writing must be legible.
• Experience with intermediate and finished product sampling preferred.
• Experience working with controlled substances preferred.
• Experience collecting cleaning samples via swab/rinse preferred.
• Experience with trace analysis.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Stand, walk, push, pull, twist, reach overhead, and bend to the floor.
• Occasionally move items or equipment weighing up to 50 pounds - potential to handle heavier materials with mechanical assistance.
• Occasionally required to climb ladders and/or steps to reach equipment.
• Reading precision measuring equipment, machine dials, gages, and thermometers; must be able to observe fine details utilizing a microscope.

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